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Artificial Heart Valve Replacement - Positioning on Chest X-Ray

#HeartValve #Replacement #Positioning #Chest #XRay #radiology #clinical #CXR
Artificial Heart ... Positioning on Chest ... #Positioning #Chest ... #XRay #radiology ... #clinical #CXR
Pericardial Tamponade
Beck's Triad 
1. Hypotension 
2. Jugular venous distension 
3. Muffled heart sounds 
Patient will be
Muffled heart sounds ... of dyspnea and chest ... will show muffled heart ... #Pericardial #Cardiac ... Triad #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Tetralogy of Falot on Chest X-Ray
Tetralogy of Falot comprises four defects -
1. Ventricular septal defect (VSD)
2.
Tetralogy of Falot on Chest ... develops after birth Chest ... typical boot shaped heart ... Tetralogy #Falot #Chest ... #XRay #CXR #clinical
Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
 •
Chest Pain - Diagnosis ... tamponade • Esophageal ... ultrasound • CXR ... Serial troponin; HEART ... MatthewHoMD #Chest
Calcifications Around the Heart on Chest XRay
Case #1: This appearance is typical of pericardial calcification &
Calcifications Around the Heart ... on Chest XRay Case ... Calcifications #Heart ... #Chest #XRay #CXR ... #clinical
Atrial Fibrillation Overview

Symptoms:
Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

1. Why?
Cardiac:
• Valvular heart disease
•
exercise intolerance, chest ... Cardiac: • Valvular ... heart disease ... • Structural heart ... #Fibrillation #Cardiology
Cardiac incisura
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On the right side of the chest the lung will lie against
right side of the chest ... against the anterior chest ... wall, since the heart ... be seen on many chest ... #Clinical #Radiology
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
•
performed) • Clinical ... Cardiovascular MRI Clinical ... intolerance • Chest ... shock, sudden cardiac ... Diagnosis #Management #Cardiology
Congenital absence of the pericardium: 
- CXR: leftward shift of the cardiac silhouette, Snoopy sign, no
leftward shift of the cardiac ... displacement of the heart ... CardiacMRI #CMRI #cardiology ... #chest #radiology ... #clinical
Cardiac tamponade - a swinging heart of electrical alternans on Echocardiogram - PSAX

- Ivan Stankovic, MD,
Cardiac tamponade ... - a swinging heart ... #tamponade #electrical ... Echocardiogram #PSAX #clinical ... #cardiology #pocus